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Historical Event on 2/10/1986

Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1989India and Pakistan sign three agreements.
2/22/1947Nehru welcomes British independence offer, invites Muslims to join at New Delhi.
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.
1/18/1997India's first electric car 'Reva' launched in Bangalore.
10/28/1984Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe.
11/6/1996India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai.
12/29/1977World's biggest Drive-In theatre started screening in Bombay.
11/6/1931Chithira Tirunal Bala Ramavarma, ascended throne and ruled state of Travancore as Maharaja, passed away.
4/17/1999The Vajpayee Government resigns after it loses the confidence vote in the Lok Sabha by one vote - 269 to 270.